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An electrical engineer with a Masters from the Andhra University,erstwhile General Manager in the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant,onetime consultant to JSW,presently a professor and head of Electrical & Electronics department in an Engineering College in India.Wife Durga,son in law Kishore,daughter Gayatri,son Harish and grand son Shreyas make life worth the while.Many thoughts keep crossing the mind,unbound and arbitrary! Some of them are captured in the blogposts.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Jugadoo.com

Dr.Rohanbabu is pacing the hall up and down. His hands are holding one another at his back! There is a frown on his face. He is in deep thought contemplating on some new project.Dr.Babu suddenly stops pacing, picks up the phone and summons one of his aides by name Muthiah to discuss with him a concept that has just germinated in his 'fertile' brain.As soon as Muthiah arrives, Dr.Babu gets to brass tacks. He declares to Muthiah that he intends to start an institute to teach management to aspiring students.'Quality education?' queries Muthiah; himself an eminent educationist.'Not necessarily. But it will be practical education' clarifies Dr.Babu.Muthiah being a committed educationist immediately goes in to planning mode and innocently reminds that a vast area of land will be required to start a campus.'We will manage it with the state. I have buddies both in the opposition as well as the ruling parties' says Dr.Babu.I want to have it affiliated to IIM-A dictates Dr.Babu. 'That may not be possible' a shocked Muthiah blurts trying to hide the expression of shock on his face.'Don't worry, we will manage it. I have friends in the centre' assures Dr.Babu.'What about the faculty, sir?', Muthiah seeks enlightenment!'Don't worry,we will manage it by drawing faculty from our existing institutes' reassures Dr.Babu.'But we do not have faculty who can teach management subjects', a surprised Muthiah observes.'Don't worry.Let them teach whatever they can teach. It is after all management. We will manage it', an axiomatic reply from Dr.Babu!'What about the practical part that you have mentioned?' asks Muthiah.'I will teach it myself' confirms Dr.Babu.On this one idea, Muthiah looked convinced. He had seen 'Babu'manage successfully to become 'Dr.Babu'.'What about student placement?' queries Muthiah.'We will do some "Jugad" like...'Before Dr.Babu unfolded his strategy, the alarm clock gave out the wake up ring and my dream ( nightmare) broke.After all, it was a dream!. I heaved a sigh of relief...

2 comments:

Babaigaru: Am I misinterpreting...or is that a tongue in cheek attack on management?:)...If it is, thats not fair...! I'm an engineer too, although not a very accomplished one. But I can say that management is also very interesting and challenging too.

Dear ShyamI always considered you as a discerning reader and your comments confirm this view of mine. Thanq.A B.Tech from IIT,justifies your claim of being a good engineer. A management qualification from IIM qualifies you to talk about management. This post is not a dig at people like you.It is a lamentation about the ways of pseudo educationists. All the same,I wish that people like you get to be known as leaders instead of getting marginalised as managers.